Security Menu - Lenovo 20BV001CGE User Manual

Security menu

To change the security settings of your computer, select the Security tab from the ThinkPad Setup menu.
The following table lists the Security menu items. Default values are in boldface. The menu items might
change without notice. Depending on the model, the default value might vary.
Attention: The default configurations are already optimized for you. Improper change of the configurations
might cause unexpected results.
Table 3. Security menu items
Menu item
Submenu item
Password Hardware Password
Manager
Supervisor
Password
Lock UEFI BIOS
Settings
Password at
Unattended Boot
Password at Restart
Set Minimum Length
Power-On Password
Hard Disk x
Password
Value
Comments
• Disabled Manage your power-on password, supervisor
password, and your hard disk passwords.
• Enabled
• Disabled For more information, see "Supervisor
password" on page 60.
• Enabled
• Disabled Enable or disable the function that protects
items in ThinkPad Setup from being changed
• Enabled
by a user who does not have the supervisor
password. By default, this is set to Disabled.
If you set the supervisor password and enable
this function, no one but you can change the
items in ThinkPad Setup.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password at
unattended boot, a password prompt is
• Enabled
displayed when the computer is turned on, from
either a power-off state or hibernation state, by
an unattended event such as a Wake on LAN
attempt. If you select Disabled, no password
prompt is displayed; the computer goes ahead
and loads the operating system. To prevent
unauthorized access, set the user authentication
on the operating system.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password at restart,
a password prompt is displayed when you
• Enabled
restart the computer. If you select Disabled, no
password prompt is displayed; the computer
goes ahead and loads the operating system.
To prevent unauthorized access, set the user
authentication on the operating system.
• Disabled Specify a minimum length for power-on
passwords and hard disk passwords. If you
• x characters
set the supervisor password and specify a
(4≤x≤12)
minimum length for passwords, no one but you
can change the length.
• Disabled
For more information, see "Power-on password"
on page 59.
• Enabled
• Disabled For more information, see "Hard disk
passwords" on page 61.
• Enabled
Note: Hard Disk 1 means the hard disk drive is
built into your computer.
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